What Exactly Is The Jet Stream The jet stream, or any wind, is the result of differences in surface temperature. In simple ...

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Simultaneous heatwaves and flooding in swaths of the US, Europe and Asia are being fuelled by a specific jet ...

Residents of Portage la Prairie and southern Manitoba are preparing for dramatic temperature swings as winter weather patterns shift, bringing deep cold, a brief warmup, and another plunge into ...

Another factor is the warm, southerly winds, propelling in warmer and more humid air from the Gulf. Some spots in our western ...

A new formula for identifying extreme weather patterns ranging from hurricanes to heatwaves has been devised by scientists. It has long been known that these can be driven by blockages in air currents ...

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In a new study, scientists show how specific wave patterns in the jet stream strongly increase the chance of co-occurring heatwaves in major food producing regions of Northern America, Western Europe ...

Warmer than normal temperatures have dominated the fall season so far east of the Rockies. The various shades of orange on the temperature anomaly map below highlight the areas that were warmer than ...

Climate graphic of the week: Jet stream pattern and ‘heat domes’ fuel soaring temperatures around globe on facebook (opens in a new window) Climate graphic of the week: Jet stream pattern and ‘heat ...

WITH the woeful prospect of yet more heavy rains, some people are worried that it may be caused by man-made climate change. However it is our jet stream, not carbon dioxide, that causes our weather ...